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The sackbut in England in the 17th and 18th centuries
No full textMuch research on the sackbut or trombone in England is based on notes by the 17th-c. Cambridge professor of Hebrew, James Talbot. The instrument was used regularly in London and the provinces from the early 16th c. It gradually declined in use throughout the 17th c., and by the turn of the century there were probably no players in England; the performers in concerts of 1739-41 of works by Händel featuring trombones were probably foreigners. Trombones seem to have been reintroduced for the Händel commemorations of 1784
Book review: 'Darius Milhaud' by Paul Collaer, edited and translated by Jane Hohfeld Galante
No full textAt the threshold of eternity: Robert Saxton on disc
No full textDiscussion of the music of British composer Robert Saxton, in connection with its first recording by EMI (CDC 7 49915 2)
The repertory of a Victorian provincial brass band
No full textThe Cyfarthfa Brass Band was founded in 1838 by Robert Thompson Crawshay, owner of the Cyfarthfa Ironworks at Merthyr Tydfil. The band's repertoire survives in 105 partbooks. A complete list of the band's repertoire accompanies speculations on its formation and the role of moderators of taste in 19th-c. Merthyr Tydfil
The tunesmith: review of 'Tomaso Albinoni, the Venetian composer and his world' by Michael Talbot
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Der Meister und Margarita
No full textDiscussion of the premiere of York Höller's opera Der Meister und Margarita which was given in Paris on 20 May 1989
Sondheim's technique
No full textThis article is primarily made up of an edited transcript of an interview which Stephen Sondheim gave in 1985 for a BBC/Open University television programme. In it the composer discusses his compositional processes and the relationship between text (lyrics) and music. He also discusses issues relating to performance practice of his work, in particular idioms (musical theatres, opera houses) inasmuch as they influence his compositional method. The idiom of performances are further dealt with in respect of the nature of audiences. The examples that Sondheim draws on are “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd” from Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979) and “Send in the Clowns” from A Little Night Music (1973)
The history of the trombone [review article]
No full textReviewed works: 'The Sound of the Sackbut: A Lecture on the History of the Trombone' by Alan Lumsden; 'The Trombone: Its History and Music, 1697-1811' by David M. Guion